“Coun. Maloney had never returned to any meeting to even show his face,” said council treasurer and clerk Gilles Legacy.

“Had he come and contacted town hall and said, ‘I’m coming to the next meeting and I would like to address mayor and council’ — none of this was done. He just disappeared. So council decided it was time to let him go.”

Maloney didn’t take his seat at council again after he was after he was thrown out in December, according to the town clerk. (Town of Dalhousie)

There will likely be a byelection in either November or December to fill the vacant seat, Legacy said.

A Dalhousie councillor was once again thrown out of a town meeting on Monday night, after refusing to apologize to the mayor and other members of council for allegedly swearing and insulting colleagues and staff. 1:29